Avery Dennison AP7.t - Creating a print job; Transferring a print job

12/08 Rev. 5.01-01 USER MANUAL Commissioning & Operation
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Creating a print job
Essentially, there are two ways of creating a print job: Either by using the
AP7.t Windows printer driver, or by creating a text file using print commands.
Windows
printer driver
• AP7.t printer drivers are available for different versions of Windows. You can
print from nearly every Windows application using the printer drivers.
However, functionality is strongly dependent on the choice of software.
Special label layout programs are best suited, for example NiceLabel (a
demo version is included with the AP7.t software).
P Printer drivers for the different versions of Windows can be found on the
Internet at
http://www.machines.averydennison.com/printersystems_gb.nsf/wview/
L4L3?OpenDocument
P The driver’s help function explains how to use the printer driver. The help
function of your Windows operating system will tell you how to install the
driver.
Command file
• You can write a sequence of commands in a text file and send it to the printer.
To do this, you can use any text editor and the MS-DOS Copy command.
Easy Plug provides a special command language to program print jobs.
However, writing a print job in text file format does require some
programming knowledge. Furthermore, you will not be able to preview the
resulting printout on the screen. Instead, you have to run a test print to see a
copy of the finished result.
P You can find a practice example of a print job together with instructions in the
Easy Plug Manual
in the section “Program Example” under “General,
Definitions Commands Overview”.
Transferring a print job
The printer can only carry out a print job once this job has been transferred
into the printer’s RAM. This can be accomplished in two ways: via a direct
transfer from your computer via a data cable or by saving it to a
CompactFlash (CF) card.
Data cable The print job can be transferred
– via the serial interface,
– via the parallel interface, or
– via the Ethernet connection.
To transfer data via the serial or parallel interface, connect the corresponding
ports on the host computer and the printer. Use the DOS window to send the
print job file to the interface: